The Story Lines Are Set … Like a running back slamming into the line a foot from the end zone, high schools in San Juan Capistrano are hitting the 2010 football season with a new energy, new cir...
Rodeo is a way to keep tradition alive, support charities For many of the 6,400 or so people who will attend the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday, the thunder of hooves, the rid...
Although still a young event, RMV Rodeo donations hit $1 million The Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and while that’s certainly an accomplishment, it st...
Capistrano surf groms start tarp surfing sensation The originators of blue tarp surfing—Cody Brady, Wyatt Brady, their dad Robert Brady and Dodge Weirath—have set off a wave of YouTube videos wi...
Volunteer police services group saves city more than $250,000 a year Vivienne DaCosta is what you’d call a “charter member” of San Juan Capistrano’s Associated Senior Action Program [ASAP]—an or...
Weathering the Storm Until Fall GUEST OPINION: By Gary Pritchard, Children First CUSD Trustee Candidate Families and businesses alike have been hit from all sides in this ongoing economic stor...
The first-ever California Lacrosse Classic was held last weekend at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano featuring more than 25 of the top middle-school and younger club lacr...
JSerra Earns Straight A’s, Too By Frank Talarico: JSerra High School Our co-valedictorian summed it up best. “It is true that no other class in this school’s history can match the range and de...
Planning consultants unveil downtown draft with some radical ideas To those who make their living planning downtowns—the sort where residents and visitors alike would go to browse stores and gra...
Capistrano’s Mike Damon opens shop to restore automobiles Name any iconic car from the 20th century, perhaps a classy Mercedes-Benz 540K or a sporty 1953 El Dorado Cadillac, and Mike Damon could...
Capistrano is home to summer stage camp Kids 3 to13 years old may discover the aspiring actor or actress within them at a summer stage camp in San Juan Capistrano, but even if they’re not destin...
Controversial Housing, commercial and equestrian project goes before council on June 15 It was one of the first bold strokes by newly elected councilmen Mark Nielsen and Lon Uso: To put together...
A flag has been flying on an open space ridgeline above La Novia ever since September11, 2001. No one knows who hung the original small flag on a rusty fence post. Over the years it had been ma...
Scalzo family wants to build 31 homes on Del Obispo The city is weighing its options after an Orange County Superior Court jury on June 1 awarded a longtime family more than $6.7 million over co...
New Capo leader has history of taking on challenging assignments The headquarters of Anaheim Union High School District are in an old Fedmart, in an industrial part of that city just off the San...
St. Margaret’s athletes win volleyball crown, two track-and-field championships in single day St. Margaret’s athletic program added three CIF Championships to its collection on May 22. The Boys ...
Capistrano boy is finalist in National Spelling Bee He is smart, funny, and kind, with a personality that could charm a bee out of its hive. A spelling bee that is. Kenley Farace, a reside...
Officials launch key phase in South County desalination plant Officials this week unveiled the latest step in a multi-organization effort to tap into the “world’s largest reservoir,” the Pacific...
Regency Opens Impressive Franciscan Plaza theaters, café Showings of “Iron Man 2” in the VIP section of the new Regency Theatres in downtown Capistrano sold out repeatedly this weekend, and d...
Mark your calendars for May 22 and 23 as Blenheim Equi Sports will be hosting two fun-filled days of equestrian events for not only our equestrian savvy friends but there will be something for ever...
Capistrano mariachi school called one of country’s finest Just one mile north of San Juan Capistrano’s landmark Mission off the San Diego Freeway at the Junipero Sera exit more than 100 violin, ...
Reflecting on an Incomplete Journey As the election season heats up, the false claims and election rhetoric has already begun to fly. I had a local acquaintance recently question me about a flyer distributed in his neighborhood by ...
Young Writer: Quit Trashing Capistrano! Dear City of San Juan Capistrano, My name is Lily and I am 6 years old. I live here in SJC . My family has been long time residents of San Juan (my nana and papa and my gramma and grampa). I lo...
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Tarp Tubes Capistrano surf groms start tarp surfing sensation The originators of blue tarp surfing—Cody Brady, Wyatt Brady, their dad Robert Brady and Dodge Weirath—have set off a wave of YouTube videos wi...
Team Relentless Wins California Lacrosse Classic
The first-ever California Lacrosse Classic was held last weekend at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano featuring more than 25 of the top middle-school and younger club lac...
Committee Preparing for City’s Birthday Next year the city of San Juan Capistrano will celebrate its 50th anniversary of incorporation. More stories next year on how it all came about…but in the meantime a group of residents have been m...
Rotary Installs New President The San Juan Rotary met Saturday to install Greg Sykes as its new president. Serving on the 2010-11 board will be Mike Darnold, Don Hickman, Ray Perez, JJ Hurst, John Caldwell—the past president—L...